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L. UECHTING.

NEGKTIE PASTENER.

No. 480,754. Patented Aug. 16, 1892.

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LUDWIG UEOHTING, OF BERLIN, GERMANY.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 480,754, dated August16, 1892.

Application filed April 11,1892. Serial No. 428.695. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUDWIG UEOHTING, a subject of the Emperor ofGermany, residing at Berlin, Germany, have invented an ImprovedNecktie-Lock, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the devices employed for lockin g the end ofthe neckband to the tie proper; and it consists in the improvementshereinafter fully described and set forth, whereby a simple, durable,and efiicientarrangement is provided that will admit of the easyengagement and disengagement of the end portion of the band and securelyretain the band when engaged.

In the accompanying drawings, formi ugpart of this specification, Figure1 is a front view of a tie having my improvements, the band beingdetached. Figs. 2 and 2 are a detail side and edge view, respectively,of the housing that is attached to the shield. Fig. 3 is a detail viewof the lock proper, the face portion of the housing being removed tomore clearly show its operation. Figs. at and 4 are front and edge viewsof the engaging fork. Fig. 5 is a view similar-to Fig.3, showing bydotted lines the entering position of the fork. Fig. 5 is a verticalcentral sectional view through the housing; and Fig. 6 is a view similarto Fig. 3, but on a larger scale.

A plate A is perforated to admit of its attachment to the shield of ascarf or necktie, so that a housing B thereon will occupy the positionshown in dotted lines, Fig. 1, the open end of the chamber formed by thehousing being uppermost. The housing is pierced by two pins a b, thelatter being nearest the open end of the housing and of larger diameter.A small metal plate 0 is twisted, as shown in Figs. 3, 4, 4*, and 6, sothat it can be readily secured between the material forming theneckband, while the other portion serves for the attachment of twospring members at d, formed to present the central loop and outer spreadends 0 c.

The neckband can be readily lengthened or shortened to a size that willpermit it to encircle the collar and retain the tie in position when thefork engages the pin 1).

By having the outer ends of the spring members d d spread as describedthey will. serve to not only guide the pin 1) to a' central positionbetween the same, but as long as the said pin travels between theparallel portions thereof before entering the loop they will be sospread that they can contact with the side walls of the housing andprevent lateral movement. The upper pin a prevents all movement in pin bwhen the parts are engaged.

I claim- In a necktie-lock, the combination, with the housing adaptedfor attachment to the scarfshield and containing pins or b, of aspringfork having the central loop and spread ends and adapted forconnection to a neckband, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twowitnesses.

LUDWIG UEOHTING.

Witnesses:

W. H. EDWARDS, L. A. EDWARDS.

